NORAD 38251
BEIDOU 13
Time
- Local time
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Position
- Latitude
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- Longitude
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- Altitude
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Speed
- Miles per hour
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- Kilometers per second
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- Miles per second
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From your location
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Right ascension
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- Declination
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 38251
- International designator
- 2012-018B
- Launch date
- Apr 29, 2012
- Launch site
- Xichang Space Center, China
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 1,207.140 MHz · FM1,268.520 MHz · FM1,544.210 MHz · FM
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1,561.098 MHz · FSK2,202.000 MHz · FM2,256.000 MHz · FM - Beacon
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- Mode
- FM, FSK
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Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerB2 GNSS
Transmitter · Radionavigational · FM
- Downlink
- 1,207.140 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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B3 GNSS
Transmitter · Radionavigational · FM
- Downlink
- 1,268.520 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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BDS MEOSAR - RHCP 48 dBm
Transmitter · Maritime · FM
- Downlink
- 1,544.210 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-18 02:01:34 UTC
- TLE age
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About BEIDOU 13
BEIDOU 13 is a satellite from China, launched on Apr 29, 2012 from Xichang Space Center, China.
It circles Earth every 773 minutes (1.9 times a day), between 21,486 and 21,570 km up, on an orbit tilted 55.5° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 56° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Beidou M4 · 38251
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